Tucson Festival of Books

Blueprints: Magic Systems in Worldbuilding


Three bestselling fantasy authors build intricate magic systems to make their intricate worlds come alive, ranging from a medical magic system to a school of magic to passages connecting multiple worlds.


Panelists
Vanessa Le

Vanessa Le is a graduate from Brown University in Health and Human Biology and now resides in the Pacific Northwest. Her writing is an expression of her love for medicine and her Vietnamese heritage. When not writing, she’s wishing she was writing, studying medicine, and/or spoiling her two Shiba Inus....

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Scott Reintgen

Scott Reintgen is a former public school teacher from North Carolina. When he’s not writing, he uses his imagination to entertain his wife, Katie, and their three children. Scott is the New York Times bestselling author of "A Door in the Dark," the Nyxia trilogy, the Dragonships series, and the Celia Cleary series....

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Emily J. Taylor

Emily J. Taylor is the New York Times and Indie bestselling author of "Hotel Magnifique" and a new book, "The Otherwhere Post." Born and raised in California, she has lived in four states and on two continents, all of which have conveniently given her endless amounts of story fodder....

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Books:
The Last Bloodcarver
Vanessa Le
Teen
Square Fish
March 2025
ISBN 9781250362698
384 pages
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A Burning in the Bones
Scott Reintgen
Teen
Margaret K. McElderry Books
February 2025
ISBN 9781665930499
544 pages
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The Otherwhere Post
Emily J. Taylor
Teen
Penguin Group
February 2025
ISBN 9780593404546
416 pages
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His Mortal Demise
Vanessa Le
Teen
Roaring Brook Press
March 2025
ISBN 9781250881540
400 pages
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